XP Home isn't a problem per se, the OEM install frequently is. They add so much crap that a machine can frequently run 25% or more slower than it would with a clean install.
Note, I run XP Pro at home because I need the more advanced networking features but my father-in-law and some of my siblings run XP Home. Networking features such as the ability to join a domain are the primary difference between home and pro. Corporate users need those network abilities but the core of both machines are the same and with registry hacks you can make XP Home have those abilities as well but it is difficult to do without making the system unstable because there are a lot of keys that have to be changed. I have never heard the stuff your son says about XP Home - clean not OEM install. FWIW, I know a lot of people who prefer AVAST to AVG. Cheryl D. Wise MS FrontPage MVP Certified Professional Web Developer Start to Web - online web design training See http://starttoweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter MacGregor Joseph - one of my sons is IT Manager for a large London Advertising Agency. (200 users on a network of servers in two London and one Bristol office). I ordered a new Dell desktop last week that comes with XP Home. He told me to wipe it off before I do anything - he said it is nothing but trouble and he's now banned it from any machine owned by the company either in house or at home - and also has told staff he won't advise on problems on their own machines on which they are doing business work (they allow this for some people that can't justify a dedicated home machine and as a "perk" he supplies technical support to them). He said there are all sorts of problems with it that MS won't acknowledge (his company is a corporate MS licensee due to the number they have and also a corporate customer of Dell, (for all the good that did me!) as they buy exclusively Dell machines and he's told them he doesn't want it. He's told me to get XP Professional. The problem you describe (no AVG message on emails) is just one of those he mentioned. He says as a result you don't know whether you are safe or not. My two penn'orth for what it's worth. ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
